Happy Birthday, Jim! (We’re still in the Fs. . .) Ever been to Lemon Cove? If you’ve gone to Sequoia from Visalia, you’ve passed through it. I think of it as Lemon Curve. . . a few curves on the highway, and you are outta there. There’s a little boutique at the Lemon Cove Womans […]
Busy Times in Mineral King
There’s that annoying word, “busy”. Full calendar, perhaps, might be a better thing to say. No, that isn’t really true, because I scheduled three days of doing just about nothing. Mineral King has been busy because with the closure of Yosemite, visitors are coming hard and fast into Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. It […]
Art: Inspired By Mineral King
After 7-8 months of painting toward a show about Mineral King and (almost) in Mineral King, it is tomorrow! Is it considered shouting to use bold type? Or is that only for capital letters? I’ve always always always considered italics to be whispering, so maybe this paragraph will be more soothing to your ears. Four artists […]
Small Business Decision
The business of art is full of choices and decisions, and rarely is there a map or an instruction book. I can find things on the World Wide Web, but often the advice is contradictory, or geared toward folks who live in cities or sell in galleries. This forces me to do my own thinking, […]
Redbud Festival This Weekend
Ever heard of the Redbud Festival in Three Rivers, California? WHAT: Annual arts/crafts fair in which 30-50 makers of beautiful things gather to sell their wares. WHEN: Saturday, May 12, 10-5 and Sunday, May 13, 10-4 WHERE: Three Rivers Veterans Memorial Building (on Sierra Drive, weird, roundish white building, screaming ’50s-’60s architecture) WHO: Local and […]
While I Was Waiting
There is a trick to doing art shows and open studios. The trick is waiting patiently, on stand-by, all systems ready to go. How does one be productive while waiting but not be so involved that a visitor/customer/guest feels like an interruption? It is a mindset. I remind myself that on THIS day, I am […]
Too Random, Need a List
Too much variety means all of this could take up multiple posts, so a list will be the best approach today. There are now many new paintings listed on my website – For Sale–Oil Paintings–Landscape. If you sort by newness, you can see them. I finally finished coloring the grapes in my coloring book Heart of […]
Interesting Place in Three Rivers
The Perfect Gift Boutique is an annual event held by the Kaweah Artisans at the Arts Center in Three Rivers. This is an old building, vaguely Craftsman in style, somewhat shabby, and in its third life – it has been a home, the Womans Club (Yes, that is the way a national club for women […]
First Saturday December
In Three Rivers, the first Saturday of each month is a special day. Some artists open their studios, some retailers offer discounts, and it is just a little more of an event to visit our town. For First Saturday December, I will have my studio open for first time in several years. You can see […]
Perfect Gift Boutique Today
Perfect Gift Boutique is today, in Three Rivers at the Arts Center, from 10 AM – 4 PM. Tomorrow too. Eight of us will showing and selling our wares. The Perfect Gift Boutique Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 24-25, 2017 10 AM – 4 PM Three Rivers Arts Center, 41673 North Fork Dr, Three Rivers, […]